
Minister insulted kin of COVID victims: Sudhakaran
The Hindu
‘Under-reporting of deaths will deny compensation to families’
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president K. Sudhakaran has said that Health Minister Veena George had insulted the families that lost their breadwinners to COVID-19. In a Facebook post, Mr. Sudhakaran said the Opposition had pointed out that the deliberate under-reporting of COVID-19 deaths could deny compensation to the next of kin of pandemic victims. Mr. Sudhakaran said Ms. George had cruelly responded to the Opposition demand to re-enumerate deaths to rectify erroneous certification, if any.More Related News

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.